Re: Using 4gig PAE Capability

2013-01-18 Thread Sven Hartge
David Baron wrote: > Here 'tis: > [0.00] BIOS-e820: - 0009f400 (usable) > [0.00] BIOS-e820: 0009f400 - 000a (reserved) > [0.00] BIOS-e820: 000f - 0010 (reserved) > [0.00] BIOS-e820: 00

Re: Using 4gig PAE Capability

2013-01-18 Thread David Baron
On Thursday 17 January 2013 17:48:24 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > >> This is apparently not at all a rare problem. I put 4gig in my > >> computer but it only recognizes 3gig. > > > > Please post the output of > > > > dmesg | grep BIOS-e820 > > > > This will show the memor

Re: Using 4gig PAE Capability

2013-01-17 Thread Sven Hartge
Sven Hartge wrote: > David Baron wrote: >> This is apparently not at all a rare problem. I put 4gig in my >> computer but it only recognizes 3gig. > Please post the output of > dmesg | grep BIOS-e820 > This will show the memory map provided by the BIOS. I forgot to provide an example. Here

Re: Using 4gig PAE Capability

2013-01-17 Thread Sven Hartge
David Baron wrote: > This is apparently not at all a rare problem. I put 4gig in my > computer but it only recognizes 3gig. Please post the output of dmesg | grep BIOS-e820 This will show the memory map provided by the BIOS. > Is there any way for the kernel to bypass/override BIOS and see

Using 4gig PAE Capability

2013-01-17 Thread David Baron
This is apparently not at all a rare problem. I put 4gig in my computer but it only recognizes 3gig. Is there any way for the kernel to bypass/override BIOS and see all the memory? I have a strange MB (it has ISA!!) so finding and flashing a new BIOS may not be possible or desirable. ALL the d